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Ord. 1233 11-14-05ORDINANCE NO. 1233 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE PLACEMENT OF STOP SIGNS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND (SUNRISE TRAIL @ SUNGLEN DR.); PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND A REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR PUBLICATION, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE THE NEED TO ESTABLISH STOP SIGNS AT INTERSECTIONS INURES TO THE BENEFIT OF THE TRAVELING PUBLIC AND, THEREFORE, BEARS DIRECTLY UPON THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE CITIZENRY. WHEREAS, Section 544.003 of the Transportation Code provides, in part, that local authorities may, with reference to highways under their jurisdiction, designate any intersection as a stop intersection; and WHEREAS, a stop sign warrant analysis for various intersections in the City has been prepared; and WHEREAS, based on the available data, the installation of stop signs at certain intersections is warranted; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS: Section 1. Pursuant to the grant of authority contained in the preamble hereof, the placement of stop signs in accordance with Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated for all purposes, is hereby approved. Section 2. Penalty. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction, be punished by a fine in any sum not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). ORDINANCE NO. 1233 Section 3. Declaration of Emergency. The Council finds and determines that the need to establish stop signs inures to the benefit of the traveling public and, therefore, bears directly upon the health, safety and welfare of the citizenry; and that this Ordinance shall be adopted as an emergency measure, and that the rule requiring this Ordinance to be read on two (2) separate occasions be, and the same is hereby waived. Section 4. Savings. All rights and remedies which have accrued in favor of the City under this Chapter and amendments thereto shall be and are preserved for the benefit of the City. Section 5. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid, unconstitutional or otherwise unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions thereof. Section 6. Repealer. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed but only to the extent of such conflict. Section 7. Publication and Effective Date. The City Secretary shall cause this Ordinance, or its caption and penalty, to be published in the official newspaper of the City of Pearland, upon passage of such Ordinance. The Ordinance shall then become effective ten (10) days from and after its publication, or the publication of its caption and penalty, in the official City newspaper. 2 ORDINANCE NO. 1233 PASSED and APPROVED on First and Only Reading this the 14th day of November, A.D., 2005. ATTEST: MC APPROVED AS TO FORM DARRIN M. COKER CITY ATTORNEY VM) TOM REID MAYOR VOTING RECORD FIRST AND ONLY READING NOVEMBER 14, 2005 Voting "Aye" - Tetens, Owens, Cole, and Marcott Voting "No" - None. Motion passed 4, to 0. PUBLICATION DATE: November 23, 2005 EFFECTIVE DATE: December 3, 2005 PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS 3 MapOptix 4.2 Interface Page 1 of 1 Tools m C, Q g 41. oe©fix.0cof '' 00 + ) Layers _-y [1 Show All El Hide All f+' Road Layers ^11 • , Boundary Layers • it:? 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PASSED and APPROVED ON FIRST AND ONLY READING this the 14th, of November, A. D., 2005. Isl Tom Reid Mayor ATTEST: Isl Young Lolling, TRMC City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: Ial Darrin M. Coker City Attorney .,nr,ur_ aELORD FIRST •un nNLY READING KNEMBEB 14 2n Voting "Aye" Tetens, Owens, Cole and Marcott Voting No None Motion passed 4 to 0. PUBLICATION DATE: November 23, 2005 EFFECTIVE DATE: December 3, 2005 PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS. TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STUDY (1) The vehicular volume entering the intersection from the major street approaches (total of both approaches) average at least 300 vehicles per hour for any 8 hours of any average day, and (2) The combined vehicular, pedestrian, and bicycle volume entering the intersection from the minor street approaches (total of both approaches) average at least 200 units per hour for the same 8 hours, with an average delay to minor -street vehicular traffic of at least 30 seconds per vehicle during the highest hour, but, (3) If the 85-percentile approach speed of the major -street traffic exceeds 65 Km/h (40 mph), the minimum vehicular volume warrant is 70 percent of the above values. D. Where no signal criterion is satisfied, but where Criteria B, C.1, and C.2 are all satisfied to 80 percent of the minimum values. Criterion C.3 is excluded from this condition. Option: Other criteria that may be considered in an engineering study include: A. The need to control left -turn conflicts; B. The need to control vehicle/pedestrian conflicts near locations that generates high pedestrian volumes; C. Locations where a road user, after stopping , cannot see conflicting traffic and is not able to safely negotiate the intersection unless conflicting cross traffic is also required to stop; D. An intersection of two residential neighborhood collector (through) streets of similar design and operating characteristics where multiway stop control would improve traffic operational characteristics of the intersection. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Several methods of controlling conflicting streams of vehicles at intersections are in use. The use of any one of these methods depends on the type of intersection and the volume of traffic in each of the conflicting streams. Multi -way stop signs require that all vehicles TRAFF DATA & ASSOCIATES, INC. 3 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STUDY approaching the intersection stop before entering that intersection. Based on field investigations and data collected as part of this study, • The need to control left -turn conflicts; • Multiway stop control would improve traffic operational characteristics of the intersection while creating gaps for turning vehicles. Appropriate advance warning signs should be installed along Sunrise Trail in conjunction with the stop signs. TRAFF DATA & ASSOCIATES, INC. 4